After a lapse of four years, 678 girls converged on Queen Victoria School this week for the annual Fiji Girl Guides national camp.
Following the opening ceremony on Monday, the young students ranging from Years Six to Eight participated in a range of activities.
The group split in half – with more than 300 staying on site at QVS to engage in activities such as hapkido, rope climbing, watermanship, compass bearing, first aid, marching drills, plating baskets, knot tying, mayonnaise making and bleaching.
The other half visited various sites and organisations in Suva on an educational and recreational trip.
According to Litia Fiu, the media co-ordinator for the Central Girl Guides, the girls had an opportunity to learn lifelong skills under their 2023 theme: “Understanding Our Brave and Safe Space”.
“These basic skills, some of them will go back and share with the students in school,” she said, adding those skills were not taught in the classroom.
“It’s a good experience. They get to socialise and make new friends.” Soldiers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces assisted in co-ordinating exercises by providing basic training and knowledge.
Ms Fiu also commended the girls for their enthusiasm in learning and said the skills learnt at the camp would also help them to prosper in the future.
She added they were aware of social issues uch as teenage pregnancy, which they aimed to curb through greater awareness.
The camp ends tonight (Wednesday) and the children return home on Thursday.
